Isolated severe thunderstorms developed during the early morning, resulting in localized wind damage across a small area of Tulsa and Rogers Counties.
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The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed during the early morning, resulting in localized wind damage across a small area of Tulsa and Rogers Counties.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 14, 1:55 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
255 AM CDT SAT AUG 14 2010
.DISCUSSION...
ANOTHER HOT AND HUMID DAY IS ON TAP... WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER
110 ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. WILL CONTINUE THE ONGOING HEAT WARNING
AND ADVISORY AS WE AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF RELIEF IN THE FORM OF A COLD
FRONT... WHICH IS CURRENTLY STALLED TO OUR NORTH.
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS OVER
THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO... WITH THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT INITIATING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR NORTH. THUNDERSTORMS SPAWNED OVERNIGHT
IN KANSAS HAVE LEFT A FEW SOUTHWARD MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ACROSS
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THESE HAVE INITIATED A
FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT SOUTH OF THE KANSAS
BORDER. WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE NORTH FOR MORE
OF THIS ACTIVITY DURING THE DAY TODAY. HAVE ALSO CONTINUED POPS IN
THE EAST FOR AFTERNOON HEAT-RELATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
OUR BEST CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY AND
SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT FINALLY PUSHES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE
AREA. ALTHOUGH SUNDAY WILL BE A BIT COOLER... HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
KEEP HEAT INDEX VALUES AT DANGEROUS LEVELS THROUGH THE DAY.
HOWEVER... THIS WILL MARK THE BEGINNING OF A SHIFT IN OUR WEATHER
PATTERN FOR THE COMING WEEK. AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO SHIFT
WEST OF THE REGION... THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL FINALLY LOSE ITS GRIP
ON THE REGION. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN CLOSER TO SEASONAL
NORMALS... WHILE HUMID AIR KEEPS OVERNIGHT LOWS A BIT ABOVE NORMAL.
PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH AT LEAST
MID WEEK AS THE WEAKENING FRONT REMAINS IN THE AREA.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL 104 80 98 74 / 20 20 30 50
FSM 104 79 102 77 / 20 10 20 40
MLC 104 79 103 76 / 0 10 10 40
BVO 104 74 96 71 / 20 30 40 50
FYV 100 74 97 71 / 20 20 30 50
BYV 100 74 95 70 / 20 30 30 40
MKO 105 78 101 74 / 10 20 30 50
MIO 102 76 94 70 / 20 30 30 50
F10 104 80 100 75 / 0 10 20 50
HHW 104 79 106 80 / 0 10 10 40
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 9 PM SUNDAY FOR OKZ054-OKZ055-
OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-OKZ064-
OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ070-OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-
OKZ075-OKZ076.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM SUNDAY FOR OKZ049-OKZ053-OKZ063-OKZ068-
OKZ069.
AR...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM SUNDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-ARZ011.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 9 PM SUNDAY FOR ARZ019-ARZ020-
ARZ029.
&&
SHORT TERM...30
LONG TERM....06HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 652 PM CDT FRI AUG 13 2010 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-141000- ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK- CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK- LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK- OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK- PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK- WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR- 638 PM CDT FRI AUG 13 2010 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS EARLY EVENING. NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AFTER MIDNIGHT. ONSET...ONGOING WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. DANGEROUS HEAT. RISK...SIGNIFICANT. AREA...ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. FIRE WEATHER DANGER. RISK...ELEVATED...SPREADINDEX=46. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 110 EARLY THIS EVENING WILL FALL SLOWLY OVERNIGHT. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE LARGER METRO AREA WILL ONLY BE AROUND 80. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS EARLY THIS EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DOWNBURST WINDS...POSSIBLY GREATER THAN 50 MILES PER HOUR. LATER TONIGHT...A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND DRIFT INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...IF...THEY DEVELOP. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL. SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL. MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL. WEDNESDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL. THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... A WEST TO EAST COOL FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE AREA BY SUNDAY...AND MOVE VERY LITTLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE FRONT WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND MARGINAL RELIEF FROM THE HEAT...AT LEAST FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE FRONT. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
353 AM CDT SAT AUG 14 2010
OKZ061-067-140945-
ROGERS OK-WAGONER OK-
353 AM CDT SAT AUG 14 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHWESTERN WAGONER AND SOUTHERN ROGERS
AT 353 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF
CATOOSA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CLAREMORE...CATOOSA...VERDIGRIS AND TIAWAH.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND
50 MPH.
LAT...LON 3637 9553 3617 9545 3611 9572 3623 9579
TIME...MOT...LOC 0853Z 253DEG 10KT 3618 9569
LACYThe Tulsa radar (KINX), 13 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:01 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous large tree limbs along a two mile stretch near East 580 Road between 241st and 289th East Avenue.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and large tree limbs, damaged the roofs of several homes and blew down fences. The damage was confined in a swath from about 3/4 of a mile west of the intersection of Mingo Road and 75th Street South to Mingo Road and 71st Street South.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, August 2010
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 254461, 254467.